Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Computer Science

Expected May 2026

GPA: 3.98/4.00

Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Real Analysis

Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Everfox • Champaign, IL

May 2025 – Present

  • Designed and shipped a stateless overlay package manager for read-only RHEL Linux dev images, bind-mounting unpacked RPM content into a writable stateless partition to enable install/update/remove across 4 internal OS products
  • Cut developer package refresh from >60 minutes for full VM reimages to <1 minute per RPM install (95%+ reduction); supported bulk installs and safe updates via state manifests and atomic rollback
  • Hardened overlays with SHA-256 integrity checks, SELinux/MAC relabeling, and DAC/permission preservation; built a test suite to validate contexts, placements, and system file constraints (>60k files validated/test)
  • Surveyed 10+ open-source servers against GRC and FIPS requirements, constrained-device footprint, and community supply-chain risk, ruling out heavyweight stacks and single-maintainer projects
  • Configured and packet-traced HTTP/3 and TLS 1.3 stacks (tcpdump, traceroute, netstat) to verify real-world behavior; narrowed recommendations to Nginx, Jetty, and OpenLiteSpeed with hardened baselines
  • Performed in-depth analysis of Linux USB enumeration, driver binding, interface classes, and common attack vectors (BadUSB, rogue HID, keystroke injection), mapping risk across udev, USBGuard, and device-authorization paths
  • Developed advanced real-time auditing and correlation tooling that aggregates udev + USBGuard telemetry, producing concise security summaries and actionable logs for system developers

Projects

6-Axis Robotic Arm Control System

Python, Arduino, C++

Nov 2024 – Apr 2025

  • Led a 5-member team building control systems for a 6-DOF robotic arm inspired by the Modern Robotics UR3 for presentation at UIUC's Engineering Open House event
  • Developed Arduino Mega control framework for stepper/encoder integration and closed-loop actuation
  • Implemented serial streaming between Python motion planning and Arduino firmware

Amazon Web Scraper

Python, asyncio, aiohttp, BeautifulSoup

Jun 2023

  • Built a high-throughput Amazon scraper to extract product and price data via concurrent requests with intelligent caching and session management
  • Leveraged asyncio and aiohttp for concurrent web requests with BeautifulSoup parsing
  • Modular design supports background or cron execution for automated price monitoring

Google PageRank Implementation

Python, Algorithms

Mar 2023

  • Implemented Google's PageRank algorithm using both sampling and power-iteration convergence methods on crawled web graphs
  • Built HTML crawler and random-surfer transition model with damping factor

Social Media Web Application

Python, Django, Bootstrap, SQLite

Dec 2022

  • Designed a full-stack social media web application using Django framework with Bootstrap frontend and SQLite database
  • Integrated account/security management, posting, liking, commenting, and interactive features
  • Applied Model-View-Controller architecture for maintainability and scalability

Technical Skills

Languages: Python, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, Bash
Frameworks & Tools: Django, Bootstrap, Arduino, Git, Linux, Docker, SELinux
Areas of Expertise: Systems Programming, Security Hardening, Algorithm Design, Web Development, Robotics